China Travel 2.0

Shanghai’s 5 best 小龙虾 ( Crayfish )Restaurants: A bite-by-bite guide Dig into Shanghai’s favorite summer seafood in five crowd-pleasing xiaolongxia restaurants Your perfect Shanghai summer dinner: clawlicious xiaolongxia and beer. Call them what you like — crayfish, crawfish, crawdads, “little dragon shrimp” or “little lobsters” — but everyone knows that the Shanghainese go gaga about [...]

Admire the Huangpu River meeting the Yangtze, frolic in a lush experimental farm or just lie still in Asia’s most artistic wheat field — all only a metro ride away Shanghai’s best-kept secrets aren’t all hidden down dark corners and twisting alleyways. Some are actually highly accessible. In fact, so accessible, they’re right next to [...]

There was no reality TV show, but half a century ago, Shanghai’s comrade chefs were battling it out in the kitchen In the 1950s the battle for top chef was held at the Sino-Soviet Friendship Mansion. “Shanghai’s New Day Has Dawned” roared the headline of the English-language Shanghai News in June 1950. But just two months before, [...]

You don’t have to Travel far to find an adventurous Shanghai sport — maybe just move a little out of downtown Living in Shanghai, it can be easy to get into a routine — doing the same things in the same places with the same people. It’s easy to forget that we live in a [...]

Shanghai is the most populous city in china. Sitting at the mouth of the river Yangtze, the city reflects a mix of Western and Eastern cultures in architectural designs. For those staying in luxury hotels, Shanghai offers a variety of pleasures. Purchase a high-end stores along 南京东路 Nanjing Road to explore the country’s history at [...]

Shanghai divides easily into three major parts: the Old City; the Former French, British and America Concessions; and Pudong, the New Shanghai. While the structures of the older city tend to reflect typically older or traditional Chinese culture, the Pudong projects its vision of Shanghai with towering skyscrapers and bright lights. Wherever you stay, in [...]

I’d like to re-post the pictures from thetravelersnotebook, the pictures can tell the changes yesterday and today. goto the page to see more pictures for others places in the world. Beijing: Maybe they are not the very same places, but it is true that the old buildings are disapearing every single day. Shanghai-You can see, [...]

Interview with Nick Winslow, the spokesperson for the 上海世博会： Shanghai World expo 2010’s U.S. Pavilion: After watching Beijing bask in the glory of the 2008 Summer Olympics, Shanghai has jumped into the fray by hosting the 2010 World Expo, which opened on May 1 and runs for six months. Nick Winslow, president of the company that [...]

上海世博会 － Shanghai expo shows a can-do china R. Sean Randolph Friday, July 23, 2010 Before it closes in October, 70 million people – the vast majority Chinese – will visit the World Expo in Shanghai. Like the Beijing Olympics and staged on the epic scale we have come to expect from China, it has [...]

Shanghai expo 2010 Turns Spotlight on Nations HONG KONG — Two years ago, athletes from more than 190 countries came together in Beijing, vying for international acclaim on basketball courts and balance beams at the Summer Olympics. Now, a rematch of sorts is occurring in Shanghai — but this time, the competitors carrying their national [...]